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Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast
The Murder Shelf Book Club Podcast was created by co-hosts Jill and Tara in January 2020, starting with Michelle McNamara's book, I'll Be Gone In the Dark. They delved into the story as told by Michelle McNamara, completed for publication by Billy Jensen and Paul Haynes after Michelle's untimely death. The book focuses on the 40+ year hunt for the burglar, rapist, murderer known as the Visalia Ransacker, East Area Rapist, and Original Night Stalker. Michelle named him the Golden State Killer, and name which better captured the enormity of the crimes committed by Joseph DeAngelo, who was captured in 2018 after DNA forensic genealogy identified him as a possible candidate suspect. Traditional police work resulted in his arrest in 2018. In 2020, Joseph DeAngelo pled guilty and was sentenced to life in prison. Other books covered by Jill and Tara include The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson, To Kill and Kill Again by John Coston on serial killer Wayne Nance, The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber, the story of her life with the man and monster, Elizabeth Kendall's The Phantom Prince, and Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann. Told in 2 parts, Tara and Jill tell the author's story, adding their analysis and insights. The third part of their trilogy, called 2ndCast, is a second look at the topic, where the women pull on the threads not examined, update the story, and delve deeper. In the case of Killers of the Flower Moon, set in the 1920s, 2ndCast delved into a 2018 missing person, presumed murder case of indigenous woman, Kristyn Sue Richerson. They examined the suspects, spoke to her family and friends, and interviewed the Muskogee, Oklahoma police investigator involved in the active case.

Jill and Tara consider their podcast to be a book club, and begin each new book with something tasty and usually some wine recommendation, which lends a level of fun to the darker true crime stories. Jill and Tara endeavor to provide useful information and advice in every episode, stemming from their backgrounds in psychology education and criminology, respectively. The Murder Shelf Book Club has a blog at www.murdershelfbookclub.com, with sources, updates, recipes, and the like, and they can be reached at jillandtara@murdershelfbookclub.com.